My work is defined by the removal of glass through hours of carving, grinding and polishing. The Affinity Series began as an unconscious way of working through events in my life, namely the birth of my son. After discarding and shifting aspects of my life for the benefit of my child, I began to see parallels in my new work. The new blown forms are simple, pure shapes that are quite “finished” in their own right. They undergo transformation as significant portions of the piece are removed through cold working. By using basic shapes and intentionally removing portions to create something new, a piece with a more complex and dynamic identity than the original is revealed. Such is our new life with this child. Like my work, I discarded aspects of my life that I felt were important and realized that my life was richer without them.

Affinity Series: Weave

Weave is a transparent red over a light aqua blue. The red is ground and polished to reveal the transparent blue underneath.

Affinity Series: Crystalline

Crystalline is a translucent alabaster white over a transparent aqua blue. When light is projected on the front surface, the piece is white. When light is projected from the back, the piece glows blue.

Affinity Series: Appraise

Appraise is a transparent red over a transparent yellow. The piece is diamond wheel cut and ground to reveal the transparent yellow underneath.

Dimensions: 13" x 8" x 8"

Affinity Series: Transition

Transition is a transparent blue over a transparent yellow that is diamond ground and polished with stone wheel engraving on the inside.

Dimensions: 13" x 13" x 8"

Affinity Series: Balance

Balance is an opaque white over an opaque red that is diamond ground and brought back to a polish.

Dimensions: 10" x 13" x 13"

Affinity Series: Drift

Drift is an opaque white over a transparent blue with diamond cut groves that are brought to a polish.

Dimensions: 11" x 9" x 11"

Affinity Series: Translucence

Translucence is a transparent green over a transparent blue. Sections are cut and removed from the body of the piece and then specific layers are removed to review different colors. Stone wheel engraving is applied to separate the sections from each other.

Dimensions: 13" x 13" x 9"

Affinity Series: Structure

Structure is composed of a transparent green with a transparent blue underneath. The piece is cut, ground and polished with stone engraving elements.

Dimensions: 12" x 12" x 6"

Affinity Series: Aegis

Aegis is a transparent yellow over a transparent blue. Aegis is diamond ground and polished.

Dimension: 13" x 13" x 8"

Affinity Series: Seperation

Seperation is a transparent orange over a transparent yellow. Separation is cut ground and polished with stone wheel engraving.

Dimensions: 12" x 12" x 9"

Affinity Series: Element

Element is a transparent orange over an opaque white. The design elements of this piece are created by a diamond wheel grinding and polishing process.

Dimensions: 11"h x 11"w x 7"d

Retail $7200

Affinity Series: Crest

Crest is an opaque white over a transparent aqua. The piece is cut ground and polished with stone wheel engraving.

Dimensions:12" x 12" x 9"

Affinity Series: Sunder

Sunder is An opaque white over a spring green. The surface is decorated with polished stone wheel engraving.

Dimensions: 13x13x8

Date: 2015

Retail: $7800

Affinity Series: Shofar

Shofar is an emerald green over an aqua blue. The emerald green is remove by grinding and is brought back up to a polish. The surface of the emerald green is then treated with a polished stone engraving.

Dimension: 12"h x 12"w x 8"d

Affinity Series: Cymatics

Cymatics is an opaque whit over a transparent blue. The white is ground away to reveal the transparent blue.

Dimensions: 12"x 12"x 10"

Video: Cymatics 12"x12"x10"

Affinity Series: Vorticity

Vorticity is a transparent orange over a saffron yellow transparent. The orange is ground away to reveal the saffron underneath.

Dimensions: 12"x 12"x 10"

Video: Vorticity 12"x12"x10"

Affinity Series: Solemn

This piece is diamond ground and polished. Solemn has a transparent blue over an opaque white, with small polished lenses that create the shadows that looks like dots.

Dimensions: 12"h x 12"w x 7"d

Affinity Series: Heliacal

Heliacal is a transparent orange over a transparent yellow. The surface detail process is created by a diamond grinding process that is brought back up to a polish.

Dimensions: 11"h x 11"w x 7"d

Affinity Series: Hyeto

Hyeto is a transparent red over a transparent yellow.

Dimensions: 12"h x 12"w x 7"d

Affinity Series: Alignment

Alignment is a transparent orange over an opaque white.

Dimensions: 12" x 12" x 8"

Affinity Series: Lovat

This piece is was created with a transparent green over a transparent blue. The interior is stone wheel engraved which removes small sections of the blue color from the inside creating small green divots.

Dimension: 13"h x 13"w x 6"d

Affinity Series: Contrast Attraction

Contrast Attraction is olternating opaque black and white pair.

Dimensions: 11" x 11" x 6

Affinity Series: Equality

These unique pieces are diamond ground and polished as a matching set. Both pieces consist of orange and white.

Dimensions: 10"H x 10"W x 7"D each

Affinity Series: Lime Halation

Lime Halation has a lime band of color circling an opaque white center. The colored ring is embellished with stone wheel engraving.

Dimensions: 13" x 13" x 7"

Lime Halation

Affinity Series: Array

Array is a transparent yellow covered by a transparent orange blown overlay. The orange is removed to allow the yellow to show, then it is brought back to a polish.

Dimensions: 13"h x13"w x 9"d

Array

Affinity Series: Diversion

Diversion is an opaque red over a transparent purple with stone wheel engraved surface.

Dimensions: 12"h x 12"w x 7"d

Affinity Series: Louver

Louver is an opaque blue over a deeper transparent blue.

Dimensions: 12" x 12" x 8"

Affinity Series: Rousing

Rousing is an opaque red over a transparent yellow.

Dimensions: 12" x 12"x 8"

Affinity Series: Enarthrosis

Enathosis is a transparent green that has been removed in sections to reveal the clear underneath.

Dimensions: 11"H x 11"W x 8"D

Enathrosis

Affinity Series: Lune

Lune is a teal green over an opaque white.

Dimensions: 13" x 13" x 5"

Affinity Series: Keen

Keen is an opaque white over a transparent teal.

Dimensions: 12" x 12" x 8"

Affinity Series: Amour

Amour is an opaque red over a transparent red.

Dimensions:12" x 12"x 8"

Affinity Series: Intertwine

Intertwine is a uniquely diamond wheel cut and polished piece with a transparent yellow over an opaque white.

Dimensions: 14"h x 9"w x 9"d

Affinity Series: Quiescent

Quiescent is a transparent teal over an opaque white. This piece is diamond ground and polished with "V" cut stone wheel engraving to the surface.